Miscellaneous information

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Most overrated films

These are the films that have the biggest negative difference between the rating I projected and the rating I gave it.

The projected rating isn't necessarily all that meaningful, it's a product of the IMDb rating and the Rotten Tomatoes percentage. However the average difference is surprisingly only 0.305 (my rating - projection), and the list is actually pretty reflective of what I consider overrated.

Ratings by country

My ratings averaged by country. Many films count in more than one country, I go by the IMDb entry. I've simplified a few things, e.g. I've forgone distinguishing the various divisions of Germany. I've also omitted countries from which I've only seen a single film.

Avg Rating

# of Films

Country

8.5

1

Philippines

8.5

2

Algeria

8.5

1

Jamaica

8.5

1

Romania

8.5

1

Cuba

8.5

2

Iceland

8.5

1

Portugal

8.0

1

Egypt

8.0

1

Slovenia

8.0

1

Indonesia

8.0

1

Hungary

8.0

1

Serbia and Montenegro

8.0

12

Norway

7.9

10

Poland

7.9

6

Finland

7.8

9

Belgium

7.7

5

Russia

7.7

5

Russian Federation

7.7

38

Sweden

7.5

22

Denmark

7.5

7

Switzerland

7.5

1

Croatia

7.5

2

Bosnia and Herzegovina

7.4

13

Netherlands

7.4

10

New Zealand

7.4

4

Argentina

7.4

7

Mexico

7.3

5

Turkey

7.2

43

Japan

7.2

86

East Germany

7.2

86

Germany

7.2

86

West Germany

7.2

164

France

7.2

9

Korea

7.2

9

Austria

7.2

9

Korea, Republic of

7.2

9

South Korea

7.1

78

Italy

7.1

206

UK

7.1

206

United Kingdom

7.1

27

Canada

7.0

1

Peru

7.0

1

Mongolia

7.0

2

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of

7.0

1

Kazakhstan

7.0

1

Greece

7.0

2

Thailand

6.9

7

Soviet Union

6.9

11

Ireland

6.9

769

USA

6.9

769

United States

6.9

5

Brazil

6.9

4

Iran

6.9

4

Iran, Islamic Republic of

6.8

6

Czechoslovakia

6.8

6

Czech Republic

6.8

12

China

6.7

9

India

6.6

19

Spain

6.5

3

South Africa

6.4

5

Taiwan, Province Of China

6.4

5

Taiwan

6.4

24

Australia

6.0

1

Slovakia

5.9

15

Hong Kong

5.5

2

Luxembourg

Ratings by decade

My ratings by decade. The red line is my overall average rating. See this for how to read boxplots.

Average ratings (different from the bold black bars above, which are medians):

Decade

Avg Rating

# of Films

1900s

7.0

2

1910s

6.0

2

1920s

6.9

18

1930s

6.9

38

1940s

7.2

87

1950s

7.4

130

1960s

7.2

105

1970s

7.1

123

1980s

6.9

137

1990s

6.6

142

2000s

6.7

183

2010s

7.3

251

Medium

For lack of better term I'm calling this medium -- it's really a blend of location, medium, should be obvious what it means.
Note that TV is rarely or never live, normally recorded using MythTV.